Environmental NGOs urge investment giant to expand its coal exclusion policy to include bigger portion of coal value chain, noting that current ban applies to just 17 per cent of coal companies
NGOs have accused asset management giant BlackRock of greenwash after publishing findings that suggest the company has $85bn worth of assets invested in coal companies one year on from the firm s high-profile.
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It is common knowledge not to put metal in the microwave, but that s exactly what researchers at the University of Wyoming are doing.
TeYu Chien, a UW associate professor in physics and astronomy, said the goal of their experiment is to turn coal into graphite. He said graphite is the dark part of a pencil. It s also good at conducting electricity and it doesn t melt easily. That makes it a very useful material for things like batteries.
Chien said his team surrounded the coal with argon and hydrogen gas instead of normal air so it wouldn t burn. They also needed something else: a fork-shaped piece of copper.
Stainless steel futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange inched higher on Wednesday, fuelled by a pick-up in raw material prices and downstream consumption.
Normally, China does not import coal from South Africa, but 2021 has seen a shift. Shipments to mainland China were reported on Monday by the African Source Markets’ Weekly Coal Index Report.
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FILE PHOTO: General view of Wujek Coal Mine is seen during sunset in Katowice, Poland October 16, 2108. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland’s PGG does not expect to change its timetable that envisages closing its coal mines by 2049 despite tougher European Union climate targets agreed in December, the state-owned company’s boss said on Wednesday.
Coal trade unions, the government and PGG representatives held a new round of talks on Wednesday to discuss PGG’s timetable that aims to gradually shut all its mines by mid-century. PGG’s scheme was initially agreed in September.